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TWIN CITY NEWS. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Telephone Connection. .. OLSON EARL .. UNDERTAKER, Funeral Director and Embalmer. 1503 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. PIANOS SOLD DIRECT TO THE PEOPLE CABLE CONOVER KINGSBURY WELLINGTON, SCHUBERT And other Pianos less expensive but good for prices saked. From the Largest Manufacturers of Pianos in the World THE CABLE CO., Minneapolis Branch, 56 Seventh St. So., Bet. Nicollet and Hennepin. FRANK B. LONG, Manager. VOL. II. NO. 24. TWIN CIT ST. PAUL. Now that your house cleaning is all over, suppose you visit THE ORIEN- TAL HAIR PARLIORS, on the cor- ner of Seventh and Sibley, room 205 Beahmer block, and get your hair cleaned. You will look good and feel good. Mrs. E. J. Allen, proprietress. Hello! I want to tell Madam E. Luverne Adams, the fashionable dressmaker on Wabasha street. No. 418, that I desire her to make me one of those summer creations, all over lace and tucks, that is so swell. I am going to Mrs. Newrich's musicale and I must have it. Correspondence, letters, etc., must reach us by Wednesday for publication. 395 Thomas street. If you are living to eat, or eating to live, the Godfrey Boarding House is the place for you. The best is served at a price you can afford. 148 East Ninth street. Madam E. Luverne Adams' fashionable dress making parlor, 418 Wabasha street (upstairs). Have you attended the big Methodist camp meeting? If not, be sure and go out one evening. Cards are out announcing the seventh annual picnic of St. Philip's mission at Spring Park, Lake Minnetonka, Thursday, Aug. 6th, 1900. Did you ask was I going? Sure thing. Mr. and Mrs. Will Martin accompanied by Miss Belle Clay made a flying trip to Duluth Sunday. Mrs. Milton Fogg has been seriously ill for the past three weeks at her residence. 427 Rondo street. Died. In St. Paul, Minn., July 29, 1900. Florence Davis, aged seventeen, beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Davis. Funeral was from Pilgrim Baptist church, Tuesday. 10:30 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Lowe lost their little son Freddie, aged 10 years, after a ten days' illness of typhoid fever, last Saturday. July 28. Funeral from the house Monday. 2 p. m., Rev. J. C. Anderson officiating. Mr. J. B. Taylor died Monday, July 30, from consumption. Mr. Taylor was employed by the American Furniture Company, and was held in high esteem by all who knew him. The funeral was held from St. Philip's Mission, at 3 p. m. Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Taylor leaves a widow, daughter and brother to mourn his death. Carrie Mills and Carrie Douglas, both so sick last week, are up again. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Patterson are nicely situated at 348 University avenue, where they will be pleased to meet their friends. The Missess Claudia and Josephine Waugh, of West Superior, are the guests of Mrs. A. S. Weber, 369 Aurora avenue. Mrs. John U. Oliver was suddenly called home Sunday by a telegram announcing the death of her brother's wife. Mrs. J. H. Dunn will have with her as a summer guest in a few days Mrs. Monroe, a former teacher of Quincy. Mrs. M. D. Dettis has with her again the charming Mrs. Phelps, who was the recipient of so much social attention last summer. Mr. H. B. Howard is able to be out again after a severe attack of the summer rheumatism. Mrs. H. C. Petticord, after six weeks illness at St. Joseph's Hospital, is able to be at home again, but is far from well; her case was of a serious nature and it will take a long time to gain all that was lost. Dr. J. E. Porter, physician and surgeon, room 410 Washburn building, St. Paul, Minn., residence 453 Carroll st. News reaches us of the serious sickness of Mr. Timothy Howard, of this city, now visiting Conger, Iowa. As soon as he is able to travel he contemplates returning to New Mexico. The dry air of that climate will do him good, so he has been informed. The best wishes of the Advance go with him. Mrs. Joseph Adams is entertaining Mr. and Mrs. William McKnight, of Chicago. Mrs. N. C. Bass, of St. Louis, will be in the city this week, the guest of Mrs. I. P. Anderson. THE ORIENTAL HAIR PAR-LORS, on the corner of Seventh and Sibley streets, room 205, Krahm block, is the place to go for all kinds of fashionable hair dressing, etc. Straightening hair and scalp treatment a special service is made at residences. Prices made satisfactory. Mrs. E. J. Allen, proprietor. Satisfaction Guaranteed. .. OLSON UNDER Funeral Director 1503 E. Franklin Ave., PIANO SOLD DIRECT The Afro-American Advance. MINNEAPOLIS For good cigars call at W. S. Conrad's, corner of first avenue south and Fort hstreet. He will suit you. Go to John L. Neal, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance, 622 Boston Block. The Advance Restaurant, 214 Washington avenue south, is up to date in service and equipment. If you want a good meal in a clean place don't fail to go to the Advance Restaurant. The Blakes chicken dinner served at the camp meeting every Sunday has been a winner. The Iowa Annual Conference will convene at St. Peter's on the 12th of September. Mrs. J. L. Sweres, of Chicago, and Mrs. J. Washington, of Little Rock, Arl., are the guests of Mrs. L. B. Noel, Miss Lena McCage is visiting friends Miss Lena McCage is visiting friends in St. Paul. A POLITICAL POTPOURRI The campaign of 1900 in Minnesota was opened by Capt Van Sant on Tuesday evening, at the Normal school building in the Eleventh ward, under auspicious conditions. The hall was full to overflowing and the vast audience hung on the lips of the speaker with transport. James A Peterson, ex-county attorney, and candidate for representative from the 42nd legislative district, made a set speech replete with stubborn facts, and oratorical flights. John A Schleener and Maj Elwin, candidates for the Republican nomination for the mayoralty, made short addresses and the inimitable J. Adam Bede followed the next governor in a humorous vein, but withal in a forceful manner gave some valuable suggestions to those who will attempt to enlighten the populace on the issues of the campaign as well as to the campaign managers. There is a rumor aftow to the effect that Gen. L. A. Grant will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for congress from the Fifth district against Hon. Loren Fletcher and that a petition in his behalf will be circulated by his friends very soon. At this writing it does not appear that "Uncle Loren" is losing any sleep over the matter. What is the matter with one of the candidates for county attorney discreetly giving the Airo-Americans of this county to understand that in the event of his success at the polls he will appoint Wm. R. Morris as one of his assistants. It is up to Reid and Boardman. They do say that Dr. Ames is exhibiting some most wonderful post mortem demonstrations. Capt. Loomis is out again. He is on crutches, but says he is still able to give the boys who want to succeed Judge Kerr a race and strongly intimates that he may make a Garrison finish. The candidates' meeting was called at the municipal court rooms last Friday night, and like "the brave soldiers who marched up the hill and then marched down again," they met and adjourned. The meeting was called by Jas. Ege to devise ways and means to protect themselves from ward heelers and leg pullers, and after some discussion they decided that they were not afraid of the leg pullers and adjourned. Some people want to know the cause of that confident smile that bewreathes the brow of Judge Steele. The American boxers in New Orleans who shot, maimed and killed every person suspected of being a negro he suppressed by the U. S. government, if the viceroy (governor) of Louisiana is not equal to the emergency. It is safe to say that the peaceful Chinese in this country would favor such action. The result of the election in North Carolina on the proposed amendment to the state constitution abridging the right of negroes to vote in the state is in doubt, but it is safe to say when the North Carolina gentlemen get through counting the majority in favor of the amendment will be so large that a colored man must know trigonometry and speak pure Athenian Greek before he can vote, and yet the constitution of the U. S. guarantees to the inhabitants of each of the several states a republican form of government. JUST LOOK HERE We will not insult your intelligence. We think you know that no man can continue in business unless he receives patronage from the people. An up-to-date meal, or a cosy room can be had at John Godrey's, 148 East Ninth Street. Some people have faith in odd numbers—and the favorite is number one. Chicago Daily News. MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MINN., SATURDAY, AUG. 4, 1900. THE CZAR'S TURN NEXT. Bresci, the Assassin of King Humbert, Predicts the Fall of Russia's Ruler. ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE OF THE SHAH. Munaffer-ed-Din of Persia Narrowly Escapeasinas Asnasin's Bullet in Paris —His Purpose Was Divined Before Shot Could Be Fired—The Shah Had Been Forewarned. Rome, Aug. 3. —The regicide, Bersci, maintains his excited demeanor and has to be dressed forcibly. Thursday he exclaimed to the warden: "It will be the czar's turn next." Bersci has been removed from Monza to Milan. The police have found evidence that Bresci acted in collusion with others, and numerous arrests have been made. Bresci's brother, a shoe dealer, another kisman named Maroza and several anarchists have been arrested at Prato. Natalie Possanzi, who was arrested at Ancona, admits traveling with Bresci from Milan to Monza. ATTEMPTS MADE ON SHAH Persian Ruler Narrowly Escapes As- assin's Bullet in Paris. Paris, Aug. 3.—An attempt on the life of the shah of the shah Muazer, ed-Din, was made Thursday morning, but luckily it resulted in no harm to his majesty. A man broke through the line of policemen as the shah was leaving his apartments and tried to mount the royal carriage step. He held a revolver GAETANO BRESCI The Man Who Killed King Humbert, from a Photograph Taken Four Years Ago. In his hand, but as soon as his intention was divined the police disarmed him be- fore he was able to fire. At the police station, the man expressed regret that he had been unable to carry out his intentions. He said: "This is an affair between me and my conscience." It was just a quarter past nine o'clock when the carriage of the shah emerged from the court of the sovereign's palace. Seated in the carriage with the shah was his grand vizier, while opposite him sat Gen Paret. The carriage turned to the left, toward the avenue Bois de Boulogue. It had proceeded but a few yards when a man dressed as a laborer sprang from between two automobiles, where he had been hidden. He broke through the line of policemen, overturning a bicycle officer, and jumped upon the royal carriage step. In one hand the man had a cane which he raised, as though to strike, but this movement was only intended to hide his real purpose, for in the other hand he held a revolver. The attempted assassination there came to an end, for the grand vizier struck the weapon from the man's hand, and at the same time officers MUZAFFER-ED-DIN. The shah of Persia. eaught his arm from behind and overpowered him. A crowd of 500 people who witnessed the attempted assassination made a rush toward the would-be murderer and tried to attack him, but there were many police in the neighborhood acting as guards of the shah, and these prevented the mob from doing violence to the miscreant. The prisoner was taken to the police station. Thursday afternoon the shah carried out his programme for a trip down the Seine to Varselles. The would-be assassin declined absolutely to give his name or nationality. He speaks but little, and with a southern accent. The police believe him to be an Italian. He is about 26 years of age, has chestnut-colored hair, a large mustache and blue-gray eyes. He was dressed in a blouse and wide trousers, the usual clothes of a carpenter. In his pocket was found an ugly knife and a handkerchief marked: "12th regiment infantry." When this was discovered the man said: "That will not aid you in your inquiries concerning my identity." Later in the day, to some officials of the household of the shah who tried to interrogate him, the prisoner said: "Your master will do well to resign; otherwise we will kill him." An eye-witness of the attempted assassination says the courage of the shah was remarkable. He acted with perfect coolness and was among the first to seize the would-be murderer holding him with both hands until the man was thrown to the ground by the police. Just before starting from the palace the shah received a letter dated from Italy, signed with an Italian name, but posted in Paris, announcing to him that he would be assassinated. The po MRS. SOPHIE BRESCI. Wife of the Assassin of King Humbert. lice believe the man who attacked the shah was not alone in his effort. The whole of the police department is at work seeking for his accomplices. Attack on King Alexander London, Aug. 3.—The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, writing Wednesday, says: A rumor has reached here from Belgrade that an attempt was made to assassinate King Alexander this afternoon while he was driving through the town. It is said he was shot at, but was not injured. The rumor is unconfirmed. A Miscarriage of Justice. London, Aug. 3. In the house of commons Thursday A. J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury and government leader, said, replying to a question, that the government had represented to Belgium that they thought there had been a most unfortunate miscarriage of justice in the case of Sipido, who on April 4 last made an attempt on the life of the prince of Wales in Brussels. No reply had been received. Sipido was sentenced to a reformatory, but he escaped and is now at large. Big Fire Raging in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 3. A Murfreesboro (Tenn.) special to the Banner says a large fire is raging there. The novelty mills of W. B. Earthman & Co. and the warehouse of J. P. Hale & Sons have been destroyed. The flames spread to the lumber yards of W. B. Earthman & Co., and much of this property was destroyed. The warehouse of Rasher & Christy is now on fire. An engine has been sent from Nashville to assist the local fire department. A negro boy was burned to death while trying to pass between two burning houses. Irish Shot Putter Coming. New York, Aug. 3—Dennis Horgan, the Irish shot putter and holder of the world's record of 48 feet 2 inches for the 16-pound shot, will leave Ireland for America on the 15th. At the last English championship held at Stamford Bridge, London, Horgan was beaten by Richard Sheldon, of the New York Athletic club, but the Irishman was not in good condition on account of having had to travel to London from Ireland the night previous Murdered Man's Body Found. Bridgeton, N. J. Aug. 3.—The body of John Trader, who has been missing from his home at Port Elizabeth since last March, was found Thursday in a swamp near this city. The head had been cut from the body and had been carried away. John Hand, who was with Trader the night before he disappeared, is in jail charged with a minor crime, but the police think he knows something of the murder, and are making an investigation. Won Wrestling Match. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 3. A Times special from Marshall, Wis., says that Fred Bell, of that city, won in the catch-as-can wrestling Wednesday night with Ed Adamson, of Indianapolis, for the middle-weight championship of the United States, winning second, third and first in 10.22 and 22 minutes. Adamson the first in 15 minutes. The winner carries off $500 purse and gate receipts. Consul Dies of Cholera. Caracas, Venezuela. Aug. 3. Information has reached this place of the death of the United States consul at Barranquilla, Colombia, from cholera. The United States consular list gives the name of W. Irvin Shaw, of Pennsylvania, as consul at Barranquilla. Went on a Strike. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 3.—Because one of their number was discharged the driver boys at No. 2 shaft of the Susquehanna Coal company at Nanti-coke, near here, we went on strike Thursday. The mine is idle and 499 men are out of work. Jester Acquitted Kansas City, Aug. 2.—A Times special from New London, Mo., says Alexander Jester, the octogenarian, who has been on trial here for the part two weeks for the murder 29 years ago of Gilbert Gates, has been acquitted. The jury took three ballots. Lord Curzon in Femine District. Baroda. [Aug. 2.—Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the viceroy of India, has arrived at Dohad, one of the worst famine and cholera centers in the country. Heavy rains and swollen rivers had delayed the party. ALLIES ON THE MARCH. Twenty Thousand Men Have Begun Advance on the Chinese Capital. HOPE TO REACH PEKING AUGUST 12. Fifty Missionaries Reported to Have Been Massacred in Shan St Province — Correspondence Between State Department and Li Hung Chang Published. Shanghai, Aug. 3.—The allies advanced toward Peking Wednesday. It is estimated that the expedition numbers 20,000 men of all arms, with 170 guns. It is hoped to reach Peking August 12. Chinese Fort Taken by Russians. St. Petersburg, Aug. 3.—Gen. Grolekoff, under date of Wednesday, August 1, telegraphs as follows: "The Chinese fortress at Hung Hun was stormed by Gen. Algustoff July 20, thus relieving the posts of Novaklevskje and Postja, threatened by the Hung Hun garlion. Many guns were taken. The Russians was taken and six men killed and four men wounded." In a Serious Position: Shanghai, Aug. 3.—Admiral Alexieff has gone to New-Chwang, where the position of the Russians is regarded as serious. Another Massacre of Missionaries. Shanghai, Aug. 3.—It is reported that 50 missionaries have been massacred in the Shan Si province. Japanese Repulsed. New York, Aug. 3.—According to a dispatch from Tientsin, under date of Sunday, the Japanese vanguard has been repulsed with a loss of 150 killed and wounded. New British Commander Arrives. Tientsin, July 27, via Shanghai, Aug. 1. Gen. Alfred Gasele arrived here to-day and assumed command of the British forces. LJ Wants Advance Stopped. Paris, Aug. 3.—The French consul general at Shanghai telegraphs Thursday as follows: "Li Hung Chang has stated to the United States consul that the ministers will be put in communication with their respective governments if the allies arrest their march on Peking. The consul will reply to the message, in his care, to M. Pinchon (the French minister in Peking), as the tsung-li-yamen will not consent to the forwarding of cipher messages for the ministers. The consular officers within the imperial city and the consular corps have decided to intrust the defense of the concessions to the international forces." Correspondence with Li Published. Washington, Aug. 3.—The state department has made public the following correspondence between Li Hung Chang and the department regarding the abandonment of the campaign in Peking. A. Crisis Renched. "Telegrams sent to the United States embassies in Berlin, London, Paris, Rome and St. Petersburg, and to the United States embassies in Tokyo, Washington, Miami, and State, Washington, Aug. 1, 1900—in reply to a suggestion of Ld Hung Chang that the ministers might be sent under safe conditions, the ministers would engage in march to marching, the secretary of state replied on the 20th of July, that they would not enter into any arrangement regarding disposition or treatment of legations without first having free communication with Minister Con Holds China Responsible. " "Responsibility for their protection rests upon Chinese government. Power to deliver at Tientsin presupposes power to protect and to open communication. This is important. " "This message was delivered by Mr. Goodon on the stair to Victerry LY, who then inquired whether. " "If free communication were established and their governments, it could be arranged that the powers should not advance on Peking pending negotiations. " "To this inquiry the following reply was sent on the lst of August 1987 to General, Shanghai; I do not think it expedient to submit the proposition of Earl LY to the other powers. Free communication with our representatives in Peking is demanded as a matter of absolute right, and not as a China's Attitude Unfriendly "'Since the Chinese government admits that it possesses the power to give communication, it puts itself in an unfriendly attitude by denying it. No negotiating seems advisable until the diplomatic government shall have put the diplomatic representatives of the powers in full and free communication with the respective governments and removed all danger to their lives and liberty. We would urge the authorities to advise them of the authorities of China to place themselves in friendly communication and cooperation with the relief expedition. "'They are assuming a heavy responsibility in acting otherwise. "'HAY.' "You will communicate this information to the minister of foreign affairs." The state department having made public Thursday the correspondence with Li Hung Chang relative to the release of the ministers at Peking and the position of this government being officially disclosed as one of unalterable opposition to the institution of negotiations in advance of free communication with the ministers at Peking, it is believed that a crisis has been reached, diplatically speaking, in the Chinese situation. If the Chinese government decides to accept Secretary Hay's terms, it must do so very promptly, and its answer may be forthcoming at any moment. Otherwise the march on Peking proceeds. Neither the military nor naval commanders at Tientsin or Taku have advised the government here of the reported forward movement of the international force. The officials would not be surprised at the lack of report, ever were the march already under way, owing to the delays in telegrams between Tientsin and Chefoo. Doubt is expressed here, however, as to the actual forward movement in force, owing to the lack of cavalry and artillery. It is stated that military practice would not warrant the forward movement of the entire international command until thorough reconnaissance had been made of the country in the immediate front. International Force Numbers 28,000. Moreover, it is said the column would not start forward as a whole, but in detached bodies, leaving a considerable force at the base—Tientsin. The last advises from any official source that have been received by the state department regarding the strength of the international force were to the effect that it numbered 28,000 men of all arms. This has since been increased by at least one regiment and one battery of United States troops; by 250 United States marines, and by an unknown number of Japanese troops, but the impression is that the aggregate strength of the column is not above 50,000 men. This, however, is regarded by our government as quite sufficient for the purposes of an immediate advance, and holding that view it has lost no opportunity of quietly but earnestly urging the Europeans to action. Advantage was taken of the opportunity afforded by the president's return to Washington Thursday morning, to hold a meeting of the cabinet. Secretary Hay was prepared with a full report of all that he had done in relation to the Chinese trouble since the president's departure, and there was little for the cabinet to do but to set the seal of its approval upon the secretary's policies, and particularly upon the energetic communication to Li Hune Chang. M'KINLEY IN WASHINGTON. Goes to Attend a Cabinet Meeting and Discuss the Chinese War Washington, Aug. 3- President McKinley, accompanied by Secretary Cortelyou, reached Washington at 7:50 Thursday morning. They traveled in a special car attached to the regular Pennsylvania train which left Canton Wednesday afternoon. At all the stations through Ohio and Pennsylvania while daylight lasted crowds congregated. While the president appeared on the rear platform several times in response to the greetings of the people, the stops were brief and he made no attempt to speak. There is no particular significance in the president's trip to Washington at this time. When he returned to Canton two weeks ago, he arranged to come to Washington every fortnight to dispose of such official business as accumulated in the meantime, and go personally over the Chinese situation with his cabinet advisers. An Unwanted Accident Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 3.—Bascom L. Wyatt, a traveling salesman, was the victim of an unusual accident Wednesday night. He was in a compartment of a passenger train. His coat was hanging on a hook near where he was standing. The train suddenly turned a curve and in so doing the motion threw the coat which held the pistol against the side of the car, causing the pistol to fire. The ball passed through Mr. Wyatt's head. Death was instantaneous. Scottlet Michael Fallis to Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 3.—Jimmy Michael failed to appear Thursday for the second in the series of races between Michael and Johnny Nelson, to determine the middle distance championship of the world, and in consequence was suspended by the executive board of the National Cycling association. New York, Aug. 3.—It was said here that Michael has been forced to cancel all contracts on account of sickness. The Situation Improved. Washington, Aug. 3.—A telegram has been received at the treasury department from Lieut. Jarvis, at Cape Nome, Alaska, which indicates that the situation there is improving. The telegram left Nome on July 20, and said there had been only three cases of smallpox since the last report. Incoming vessels were being carefully inspected and an effective system of isolation of all cases and suspects was being maintained. No deaths were reported. Building Collapses Injuring Many Glasgow, Ky., Aug. 3.—The structure known as the Jewell building collapsed Thursday. The building was occupied by L. F. Ganter, drugs, and Y. F. Schwartz, dry goods. The injured are: Price Willis, both legs broken; Henry Rosenberg, badly bruised; Henry Mayfield, badly bruised, and Miss McCubbins, badly bruised. Henry Rosenberg and Miss McCubbins, both employers of Schwartz, were badly hurt. A Tribute to the Duke. London, Aug. 3.—A. J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury, in the house of commons Thursday moved an address of sympathy with the queen on the death of the duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and paid a tribute to the late duke's ability in naval affairs. Lord Salisbury, the premier, moved an identical address in the house of lords, and also eulogized the duke's work for the English navy. The Law League Milwaukee, Aug. 3.—The feature of Thursday's programme of the Commercial Law League convention was an address by O. E. Child, of Sterling, Ill., on "Needed Commercial Legislation." Much of the time of the delegates and visitors is taken up in entertainment and visits to the various industries. Germany Charleroi Steamery Berlin, Aug. 3.—The Cologne Gazette Thursday says that the government has chartered the North German Lloyd company's steamers Barbarosa, Konigen Louise and Friedrich der Grosse to convey troops to China. Each of the steamers named has a capacity of 2,000 men. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE IOWA REPUBLICANS. Their Convention Meets in Des Moines to Name a State Ticket. SYNOPSIS OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. A List of the Candidates Chosen-Democratic and Republican Campaigns in Illinois Opened-Yatea Spenks in Chicago and Alschuler in Poorin. Des Moines, Ia., Aug. 3.—The republican state convention was held here Wednesday. It was one of the most interesting sessions in the history of the party in Iowa. The new auditorium was packed almost to suffocation with delegates and visitors, but the proceedings were orderly and the work of the convention went off smoothly and without a hitch, notwithstanding the warm contests for the various offices. Hon. W. L. Roach, of Muscatine, was the temporary chairman at the morning session and delivered the speech of the convention in a brilliant discussion of the issues from the republican standpoint. Senator J. H. Trewin, of Alamakee county, was the permanent chairman. The following ticket was nominated: The Candidates. Secretary of State, W. B. Martin, Greenfield; auditor of state, F. W. Friar, Manchester; treasurer of state, G. S. Gilbertson, Forest City; attorney general, C. W. Mulholland, Emil McClain, Iowa city; railway commissioner, D. J. Palmer, Washington; presidential electors at large, John N. Baldwin, Council Bills; O. E. Oo, Des Moines; Council Bills; O. E. Oo, Second district; J. A. L. Bartholomew, Jackson county; Third, L. B. Raymond, Franklin county; Fourth, C. H. McNider, Lincoln county; Fifth, C. H. McNider, Lincoln county; Sixth, S. H. Harper, Wapelo county; Eighth, Marion F. Stookey, Decatur county; Ninth, P. L. Sever, Gulver county; Tenth, Thomas Wray, Crawford eleventh, George E. Bowe, Blox county The Platform. Following is a synopsis of the platform adopted: It commends and indorses the Iowa delegation, in both the senate and house of representatives; Indorses and commends the administration of Gov. Leslie M. Shaw in state affairs; has no other platform to present for the present campaign than the national platform of Philadelphia, which meets with the unqualified approval of Iowa republicans; the republican party of Iowa has no apologies to make for that platform, nor for the candidates who stand upon it, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt; asks support of all citizens for the national and state tickets. Sovereign is expressed at the death of the late Senator Gear; expresses sympathy with Minister Conger and his family, and earnestly prays for their safety and immediate success. Campaign Opened. Peoria, Ill., Aug. 3.—The democratics opened the state campaign in this city Wednesday. The county convention nominated a ticket in the afternoon. In the evening a parade marched through the city to the Tabernacle, where an immense crowd was addressed by state democratic candidates. George Parsons, candidate for state auditor, made the first speech. He devoted himself almost exclusively to the issue of imperialism. James Todd, candidate for attorney general, made trust the subject of a stirring address. Samuel Alschuler, when presented to the audience, was received with great enthusiasm. He made an able address on the issues of the coming campaign, paying his respects in particular to the failure of the republican party to express sympathy for the struggling South African republics. The meeting was largely attended, and the speakers aroused plenty of enthusiasm, especially by their denunciation of militarism as a foe of freedom and a menace of the workingman. Yates Speaks in Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 3.—Under the direction of the Republican Veterans' club 2,500 republicans heard Richard Yates, the republican nominee for governor of Illinois, speak on questions at issue in the national campaign at the Auditorium Wednesday night. After having described American destiny as the perpetuation of liberty, he talked of the campaign issues. "The democrats," he said, "have deliberately set up the two watchwords 'imperialism' and 'militarism' to attract voters their past folly has driven away. By so doing they insult the intelligence of the people." As to militarism, he argued that the veteran soldiers themselves presented the best argument that there was no danger of that kind to be feared. Indiana Prohibitionists. Peru, Ind., Aug. 3.—The prohibitionists of the Eleventh district held a convention here Thursday. Charles Eckert, of Auburn, candidate for governor, and other candidates spoke. Nation Johnson, of Converse, was nominated for congress. Attempt to Nullify Election. Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 3.—An attempt was made early Thursday morning to burn the town of Faison, N. C., about 50 miles from Wilmington. Democrats allege that, as the fire began in a drug store in which were deposited the registration books, it was a politics scheme to nullify the election in Faison township, a democratic stronghold. Hottest Day on Record. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 3.—A Times special from Aberdeen, S. D., says that Wednesday was the hottest day on record, the government thermometer reaching 111 in the shade. A hot southwest wind prevailed, causing great discomfort. To Raise the Price of Cotl. 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Contributions and items of news concerning the progress of the covered race We reserve the right to reject any communication unsuitable to publication. Subscissors ordering addresses of their paper changed are requested to give their former as well as their present address. Addresses communicated to THE AFRO-AMERICAN ADVANCE. 214 Washington Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn. MRS. GEO. DUCKETT, PUBLISHER AND MANAGER. National Republican Ticket... FOR PRESIDENT: WILLIAM McKINLEY, OF OHIO. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: THEO. ROOSEVELT, OF NEW YORK. OUR STATE TICKET. Governor ..... S. R. Van Sant Lieutenant Governor ..... L. H. Smith Attorney General ..... W. B. Douglass Secretary of State ..... P. E. Hanson Chief Justice ..... M. C. Start Associate Justice ..... L. W. Collins Representative Commissioner, O. S. Miller and I. B. Mills (four years) and C. F. Staples (two years). EDITORIAL The Boston "Courant" has the following to say relative to Mr. William E. Macdonald, formerly of Boston now running for register of deeds of Hennepin county on the Republican ticket: "Mr. Macdonald was born and raised in our midst and has the confidence of the colored people of our city. We heartily wish him success in his political undertaking." HAS THE NEGRO A RIGHT TO BE A DEMOCRAT The above question was propounded to the editor by a representative citizen of this city a few days ago in all seriousness. We think there is no doubt about the affirmative side of the proposition. It is axiomatic that a man has a right to do anything that does not infringe upon the rights of others. The possession of a right in the abstract, however, is no argument in favor of its exercise. A man has a right to refuse to shave his face or cut his hair or to pare his finger nails, but the exercise of that right might be the height of folly. So in the matter of party affiliation for the negro, while he has the unquestioned right to support the Democratic nominees in the present campaign or any other campaign, we have the exercise of that right would be at the expense of blotting out the brightest hope for the amelioration of the condition of the race in this country. The success of McKinley and a Republican congress means a reduction of the number of congressmen from the south, by making a certain number of votes cast for president the basis of fixing congressional representation. It also means the federal supervision of elections for president and vice-president. While the success of Bryan means the elevation to power of the men who favor and have brought about the dischernishment of the negroes in the southern states. The question of the right to vote the Democratic ticket pales into insignificance when compared with many good reasons why the negro vote is more likely to be practically unanimous for the Republican party in this campaign. The Republican party in this campaign, stands for plenty of work at good wages, loyalty to the flag and a 100-cent dollar. The Democratic party stands for closed workshops and factories and starvation wages, hauling down the flag and a goose dollar. There should, therefore, be no hesitation on the part of the negroes as to what course to pursue in the premises. They, in common with all wage earners and all patriots, should support the Republican party from the president to the lowest office on the city ticket. If this is done every doubt of President McKinley's election is removed and his party holds the date of a better day for the distressed blacks to the south. The cutting down of the congressional representation of the southern states, means the repeal of the disfranchising acts, that disregue those states, for upon the number of votes cast depends their representation in Congress. Hence there is every reason why in this election the Afro-American citizens everywhere should remain steadfast in the Republican faith and strike a blow at the revolutionary tactics in the state to by the southern states and that have the sanction if not the overt aid of the national Democracy. Vote for McKinley and Roosevelt, for they are the embodiment of Republicanism, which stands for the amplest freedom and the greatest advancement. Naturally a man commences to go to the dogs when he begins to growl.—Chicago Democrat. Foolish compliments are as unworthy of notice as secreal abuse.—Atchison Globe. "When is a pun not a pun?" "Usually."—Harvard Lampoon. ANTI-SUPER SUPER ANTI-APERITY ANTI-ARPASSION ANTI-ARMY ANTI-MAN ANTI-EVERYTHING HOW THE "PARAMOUNT ISSUE" HIDES FREE SILVER. Democratic Administration Reduced the Amount Paid to Old Soldiers by Nearly $17,000,000 in One Year. No ruling of the pension bureau has ever evoked as much criticism and condemnation among pensioners and others interested in the work of the bureau as orders 225 and 229, issued during the administration of President Cleveland. Order 225 directed that all cases allowed under section 2 of the act of June 27, 1890, be drawn from the admitted files as rapidly as practicable, and that they be examined for the purpose of determining whether the allowances were in accordance with law. Under the operations of this order the names of many thousands of pensioners were dropped from the rolls and a great many pensioners had their pensions reduced. The revision of claims referred to has not been done at all during the administration of Commissioner Evans. On the contrary, many of those who have been dropped under the former administrations have been restored to the rolls and a large number of those who were reduced have had their pensions increased. Those who are familiar with the workings of order 229 will readily recall the difficulties produced in the preparation of testimony and the many vexations delays caused thereby. One of the first official acts of Commissioner Evans when he took charge of the bureau was the revocation of said order, for which action he received the HOW THE "PARAMOUNT IS thanks of the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. The number of unsettled claims on file in the pension bureau June 30, 1897 was 578,099; the number on file June 30, 1899 was 477,239. With the advent of this administration many thousands of new claims of all kinds were filed in the pension bureau, the number of original claims filed during the years 1897, 1898 and 1899 alone aggregating 126,136. The total number of all applications received during the fiscal year of 1899 was 164,881, while for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1898, the number was 218,489. Notwithstanding this avalanche of claims, which was added to the half million claims pending when Commissioner Evans assumed charge of the bureau, the work of settling claims has been prosecuted with such diligence that at the end of the fiscal year of 1899 only 477,239 unsettled claims remained in the pending files of the bureau, and only 172,197 of these are original claims, the balance being claims for increase or additional allowance. In fact the work of the bureau is now so nearly current that original claims can be settled as fast as they are completed by the claimsmen by furnishing the necessary evidence. This result has been accomplished notwithstanding the fact that about 20,000 additional claims were filed last year on account of service in the war with Spain. During the years of 1897, 1898 and 1899 nearly 140,000 original pensions were granted, while for the three years preceding 1897, viz., 1894, 1895 and 1896, only 11,844 of the same class were allowed. On June 30, 1897, there were 975,014 pensioners on the rolls of the different agencies, while on June 30, 1899, the number was 991,519, showing a net increase since 1897 of 15,505. The increase in the number of pensionsers has grown steadily from year to year, the maximum number being in 1898, viz., 993,714. In 1894 the number was 969,344. Since the close of the fiscal year 1894 there have been dropped from the rolls: On account of death.....188,572 Other causes, remarriage, etc.....70,003 Total.....255,572 And yet the roll has continued to increase each year until now it contains nearly 1,000,000 names. The amount paid for pensions during 1893, the last year of the Harrisco administration, was $156,806,337.94. During the following year (1894), which was the first year of the democratic administration, the amount paid for pensions dropped to $139,986,626.17, being a reduction in one year of $168,919,118.87. During the present fiscal year up to May 31, 1900, the pension bureau has issued 90,918 certificates, and the number to be issued during the month of June will bring the total number of certificates issued for the year 1900 to over 100,000. The payments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, on account of pensions will amount to over $140,000,000. The annual value of the pension roll as it stood on June 20, 1899, was $131,619,961, and the average annual value of each pension was $122.74. The annual value of the roll is greater now than it ever was before. Since April 1, 1897, over 12,000 names of pensioners, who had been previously dropped for various causes, have been restored to the rolls, and these persons are now receiving pensions amounting to $1,600,000 annually. This work is still in progress, the commissioner having directed the restoration of 503 names during the month of May, 1900. SPAIN'S COLONIAL TRADE. Gives an Idea of the Extent to Which That of This Country May Develop. According to the statement which Consol Robert sends to the British foreign office, dated at Barcelona, June 18, 1899, the exports of Spain to Cuba in 1896 amounted to $26,882,335; to Porto Rico, $7,523,162, and to the Philippines, $4,671,551, making a total of $42,096,648, accepting the value of the peseta at 20 cents. Of the $26,892,335 value of goods exported to Cuba in 1896, $16,303,418 consisted of manufactured goods, $10,170,111 provisions, and $191,805 raw materials. Of the $7,532,161 value of goods exported from Spain to Porto Rico in 1896, the value of $5,821,595 was manufactured goods, $1,680,360 provisions, and $20,264 raw materials. To the Philippines, of the $7,671,551 value of goods exported from Spain, the value of $6,850,178 was manufactured goods, $814,111 provisions, and $7,261 raw materials. To this market for $42,000,000 worth of Spanish products, which the three colonies supplied, Mr. Roberts, adds $4,600,000 for money paid to the Spanish steamship companies for the carrying trade to and from the colonies. The imports into Spain from the colo- FREE SILVER LOSS ANTI-JIMBERLIN ANTI-APARTMENT ANTI-ARMY ARTIFACT ANTI-EVERYTHING Impeach Journal ISUE" HIDES FREE SILVER. nies, he says, amounted in, 1806 to 200,877 tons from Cuba, 26,071 tons from Porto Rico, and 40,985 tons from the Philippines, and he computes that the amount paid in freight amounted in the commerce with Cuba to $1,565,262; Porto Rico, $156,426, and the Philippines, $450,835, or a total of $2,172,523, and says: "If to this be added the value of passage money to and from the colonies, putting it at the low average of $50 a head, it shows a further $2,600,000 per annum, giving a total of $4,600,000 per annum paid in freight and passage given to the steamship companies for the carrying trade to and from the colonies." been as follows: Fiscal Year. Amount 1820 820,803,550 1821 824,311,713 1822 779,334,360 1823 597,516,456 1824 696,213,849 1825 658,213,849 1826 514,962,971 1827 649,421,929 1828 804,818,581 1829 718,809,076 1830 765,351,788 The articles included in the above table are cattle, hogs, provisions, bread- stuffs, cotton and mineral oils. Nearly all are farm products and farmers will notice that the exports were less dur- ing the last democratic administration than during the preceding and follow- ing republican administrations. Why go back to democracy? . Cash in the Treasury. The treasury department shows a decrease of $14,897,553 in the public debt in June. The cash in the treasury June 30 was classified as follows: Reserve fund in gold coin and billion $150,000,000 The funds in gold, silver and United States notes 722,544,178 General fund 130,972,786 In national bank depositories 101,879,528 Total $1,106,496,490 Against this there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $799,790,835, which leaves a cash balance on hand of $305,705,654. Because Business Was Better. The books of the third assistant postmaster-general for the fiscal year enduring June 30, 1900, show an increase in the sale of postage stamps for 1900 over the year ending June 30, 1899, of 467, 417,460 stamps, the total number sold being 3,963,374,310 stamps, valued at $76,276,940. The increase in revenue was $9,474,413.50. In addition to these stamps, there were issued 2,263,304 books of 12 stamps each, valued at $830,648.48, making the total increase of sales of stamps $10,305,061.98, or about 13 per cent. Expansion. Exports to Porto Rico have more than doubled under American administration. So they will to the Philippines as soon as the Filipinos accept the free pardon offered them by President McKinley, and settle down to the agricultural and commercial development of their country. IMAGINARY APPENDICITIS. Since the Fad Becomes Popular Many Nervous People Have Become Affected. That people can imagine themselves into sick beds has long been an accepted fact by men who practice medicine, and the belief that the bread pill is one of the most potent remedies in the physician's case was never more general than it is to-day. Since the beginning of the appendicitis fad the spread of imaginary lilies has been much worse than ever before. Pains in their sides now are sure to throw about three out of every five people into a terrible state of alarm. They used to disregard these things, says the Chicago Time-Herald, but appendicitis has wrought a change, and it seems that everybody or nearly everybody now arises in the morning fully expecting to be spread upon the dissecting table before night. A New Orleans physician, in a recent interview on this subject, related an experience that is worth repeating: "A nervous man recently called on me (this is the doctor's story) and asked: 'In what part of the abdomen are the premonitory pains of appendicitis felt?' 'On the left side, exactly here,' I replied, indicating a spot a little above the point of the hip bone. He went out, and the next afternoon I was summoned in hot haste to the St Charles hotel. I found the planter writhing on his bed, his forehead beaded with sweat and his whole appearance indicating intense suffering. 'I have an attack of appendicitis, he groused, 'and I'm a dead man! I never survive an operation!' 'Where do you feel pain?' I asked. 'Oh, right here,' he replied, putting his finger on the spot I had located at the office. 'I feel as if somebody had a knife in me there and was turning it around!' 'Well, then, it isn't appendicitis, at any rate,' I said cheerfully; 'because that is the wrong side.' 'The wrong side!' he exclaimed, glaring at me indignantly. 'Why, you told me yourself on the left!' 'Then I must have been abstracted.' I replied calmly. 'I should have said the right.' I prescribed something that would not hurt him and learned afterward that he ate his dinner in the dining-room the same evening. Oh, yes; he was no doubt in real pain when I called, but you can make your finger ache merely by concentrating your attention on it for a few moments." At first this medical gentleman would seem to have rendered a service to humanity in showing the absurdity of the habit of jumping at the conclusion that every pain in the side is a sure sign of the presence of appendicitis, but when we stop to consider the matter we find that he has perhaps done more harm than good. He has so definitely located the spot at which the appendicitis pang may be expected to make itself felt that the encouraging doubts which people with pains in their sides have clung to in the past must hereafter vanish from the minds of many of those who happen to feel twinge at the fatal point. After people generally have found out just how and where the trouble with the vermiform appendix usually begins it is to be feared that we may expect a new outbreak of appendicitis which will be worse than any of the previous epidemics of this pernicious malady that have swept over our glorious and enlightened country. THE SHAH EN ROUTE. Foverty-Stricken Subjects Look Forward with Dread to the Journey. Muzaffer-ed-Din's journey to the countries of western Europe is an event of great moment to the poor creatures along the line of his progress. The Nor-Dar, an unimpeachable authority on Persian affairs, describes the manner of his majesty's journey from Tehran to Djilfa, on the Russian frontier. According to this newspaper, the wretched peasantry may well look forward with terror to the appearance of the king of kings and his huge envoy. Says the Nor-Dar: "In every village and hamlet of the provinces through which Muzaffer-ed-Din will shortly pass on his journey to the west there is just now activity in the collection of great stores of provisions of all kinds for supplying the wants of the many thousands of persons who accompany his majesty from the capital to the frontier. But it is not with joy, but with grief and despair, that the poor people go about these preparations. Such requisitions are imposed upon the unfortunate people in virtue of a legally sanctioned and ancient Persian custom, according to which the shah, whenever he visits the provinces, makes the satraps responsible for everything he and his retinue require, and the last penny at the cost of the peasantry. Hence, the imposing progress of the Persian monarch through his own dominions, accompanied by great bodies of infantry and cavalry and an enormous personal entourage, costs the state exchequer not a single farthing. "It is the poor peasant, essentially a serf to the satrap, whose brow must sweat to find the needful, first for the padishah, and, secondly, for the grinding taskmaster, who has brought his satrap at an imperial auction. Thus the governors of Kazvik, Chamsa and Aserbaishan were recently commanded by the shah to provide all that was required for the fitting reception of himself and the host of his convoy on his passage to Djulfa. That order was sufficient to sink the peasantry of those provinces into the lowest depths of tribulation, knowing that it will take them years to recover by thrift and industry the substance they must now lavish upon the hungry horde of the shah's convoy. "Crowds of these distracted peasants, with tears in their eyes and in their voices, anxiously assailed the correspondent of the Nor-Dar with the question whether the shah would return by the same route or would he go by way of the Caspian and Reeh, and thereby relieve them of the decoating effects of a second visitation. Unfortunately, the correspondent was unable to console them. Muzaffer-ed-Din has a dread of the sea and a particularly superstitious fear of the Caspian, and he would therefore return by the same way that he came." **Newshows in London.** London newsboys are now prohibited from yelling forth the contents of their wares. SOCIETY DIRECTORY ODD FELLOWS. Mara Lodge, No. 2202. Meets second and fourth Wednesdays in each month at Odd Fellows' Hall, 322 Wakabusa street. T. R. HICKMANM, P. S., 422 A. Anthon D. PARKER, N. G., 355 Edmund U. Household of Ruth, N. G., U. O. of F. Meets first and third Monday in each month for business, second Monday for instruction, at Odd Fellows' Hall, 322 MRS. SARAH C. KIRTLEY M.NG. A JACKSON, W. R. R. 54 mount place. MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF MINNESOTA, A. F. and A. M. J. WM. R. MORISI, Grand Secretary. 817 Guaranty Loan Bldg., Minneapolis, PETT. R. MORISI, SODALITY Meets first and third month, W. J. Gardner, Pres. J. S. Harris, Sec.; A. Davis, Trees. F. and A. M. Meets the first Monday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and A. M. Meets the Masons in good standing always welcome. Meets on the first and third Tuesday in each month at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth and Robert streets. Massasons in good standing always welcome. H. B. HOWARD, W. M. J. S. STRONG, 12th and Robert st. WM. STEVENS, No. 3, A. F. & A. M. Meets second and fourth Monday in each corner Fifth and Robert streets. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. WM. JOHNSON, W. M. D. E. BEASLEY, Ryan Hotel. Perfect Ashler Lodge, No. 4, A. F. A. M. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday in each corner at Masonic Hall, southwest corner Fifth and Robert street. Master Masons in good standing always welcome. J. H. SHERWOOD, Sec. 461 Carroll. Bethel Chapter, No. 28, H. A. M. Meets the first and third Tuesday in each corner at Masonic Hall, southwest corner of Fifth and Robert streets. Royal Arch Masons in good standing always welcome. DANIEL ROY, H. P. W. T. GASSAWAY, Sec. State Capitol. MINNEAPOLIS. G. U. O. O. O. F. St. Anthony Lodge, No. 2877. Meets the first and third Wednesday in each month for the transaction of business at the Lodge. M. MYRICK, N. G. JAMES A. SCOTT, No. 2873 KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Nat. Turner Lodge, No. 2, K. of P. Meets the second and fourth Thursdays in each month. Lovers in good standing meet at Lodge Temple, Fourth and Eighth avenue south. T. B. PARKER, C. C. RALPH WATSON, K. R. and S. Pride of Minnesota Lodge, No. 1, K. of P. Meets the first and third Thursdays in each month. All brothers in good standing welcome. Plummet to Hall, First avenue north W. Holliday. JAMES ROBERTS, C. C. W. C. JEFFREY, K. R. and S. J. K. Hilary Lodge. Meets first and second month at Window Block, Second avenue South and Washington. Masons in good standing always welcome. W. L. WILLARD, W. M. G. W. LILLARD, W. M. JASPER GUBBS, Sec., Guaranty Loan Restaurant. Anchor Lodge, No. 7. A. F. and A. M. Meets the first and second Monday in each month at Windom Block. Second day is in Washington. Masons in good standing welcome. J. A. SCOTT, W. M. A. B. LEE, 771 Aldrich avenue South. Officers and Standing Committees of the Most Recently Graduated F. and A. M. of Minnesota and jurisdiction: Grand Master-John L. Neal, Minneapo Deputy Grand Master—Wade H. Hampton, West Superior. Grand Senior Warden—H. B. Howard, St. Paul. Grand Junior Warden—J. C. Garner, St. Paul. Grand Treasurer—Daniel Roy, St. Paul. Grand Secretary—William R. Morris, Minneapolis. Grand Lecturer—G. W. Day (7), Minneapolis. Deputy Secretary—O. D. Howard (6), St. Paul. Grand Claplain—Isaac Crawford (6), Minneapolis. Grand Senior Deacon—John Martin (1), St. Paul. Grand Junior Deacon—R. De Leo (7), Minneapolis. Grand Steward—J. H. Dillingham (2), St. Paul. Grand Junior Steward—Wm. Stevens (3), St. Paul. Tyler—T. Bush (3), St. Paul. Marshall—H. C. McDonald (5), Duluth. Grand Pursuitant—G. W. Duckett (4), St. Paul. Grand Sword-Bearer—J. Adams (1), St. Paul. Grand Standard-Bearer—G. J. Charleston (2), St. Paul. Grand Register—J. G. Sterett (6), Minneapolis. District Deputy Grand Master—First District District Deputy Grand Master—Second District E.-H. Hamilton (6). Minneapolis District Deputy Grand Master—Third District J.-K. Kellogg (5). Doluth. CHURCH DIRECTORY. ST. PAUL. Sunday services: 11:30 a.m. m; 7:30 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting. 8:00 p.m. ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL. Saint Jude's Father Printon. Cor. Farrington and Aurora avenues. Sunday services. Mass 8:00 a.m. High mass 8:30 a.m. m. evening service at o clock. PILGRIM WEST PRIEST CHURCH. HARVARD SCHOOL, O'Shea Avenue. Cor. 13th and Cedar. Sunday services: Preaching at 11:30 a.m. m; Sunday service at 11:30 a.m. o clock. Wednesday evening general prayer meeting EPISCOPAL MISSION. 463 Rice street, bet. Aurora and Uni- sity. Sunday services: Preaching prayer. Lit- tany and Sermon. 11:30 a.m. m; Sunday School and Children's Vespers 3:00 p.m. m; Sunday Service. Wednesday Evening Prayer and Lecture. 8:00 p.m.; Friday. Choir Rehearsal and Prayer. Sunday Service. All are cordially invited. Seats free. MINNEAPOLIS. **ST. PETER A. M. E. CHURCH.** Rev. W. S. Brooks, Pastor. Cor. 22d st. 9th ave. South Sunday school, 12:30 p.m.; 11:30 a.m. ; Sunday School, 3:00 p.m.; evening services, 8:00 p.m. General prayer meet- ing, 8:00 p.m. Sunday School, 9:00 p.m. Wayman Home Church, 3:00 p.m. evening different residences. Parsonage, 206 Ninth avenue South. BETTESDAA BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. John J. Faudé, in Charge. Sunday services: Preaching, 11:30 a.m. ; Sunday School, 12:30 p.m.; Christian services, 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening prayer meeting, 8:00 p.m. Parsonage, 1200 Eighth street South. MISSION. Rev. John J. Faudé, in Charge. 615 Sixth avenue South. Sunday service, 4:00 p.m.; Sunday school, 206 Eighth street South. **ST. JAMES A. M. E. CHURCH.** Rev. J. W. King, Pastor. Between First avenue and Second street year expiration Bldg. Sunday service, 3:00 p.m.; evening a.m.; Sunday School, 3:00 p.m. evening prayer meeting, 8:00 p.m. General prayer meet- ing Thursday of the Weekly meetings of the Debating Club. NOTICE...Changes and corrections will be made upon notifying the office. 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The stage s Seen Before the visitor either finds Footlights. himel! doubled : Ik & y “IA \ re ee $ v teal eaters pu with langhter at the Iudicrousness 0° some sham about to be perpetrated ‘open the audience as a most serious af far which may call for an array of cjupathetic handkerchiefs, or, on the Sher hand, he finds himself furtively thinking of sister or daughter and. while the audience laughs, thanks God They are not op the stage. It was the Writer's privilege not long ago to ob- Terve some of the trinls of a stage man- iger in Frank S. Pisley’s new play, The Burgomaster. All stage managers have trials; they Would be lonesome, indeed, without them. The stage man- iger would feel like an outeast upon i strange island if the soubrette did fot come to him at frequent and spas- tnodie intervals to “make a kick.” When I first saw her she sat apart In a truly Tom boy attitude. dressed in the niriest of silken costumes. ‘There was a chronic sneer upon her face as she bandied jesting words with the as- sistant stage manager. Nearby, in gen- tle contrast, @ fairy chorus girl of 13, with toes upon a bottom stair and each hond clasping a railing. balanced her- relf gracefully. The playwright, like the stage manager, is the recipient of many half jesting complaints. “Look here!” exclaimed Doodle von Kull. “You wrote this play, didn’t you? That guy. the policeman, ran his head into my nose. Is that in the lines? Do J stand for it?” The playwright finds t necessary constantly to revise cer- ‘gin lines of the chorus, where the piece is weak. For this reason he is nightly \esieged by members of the chorus, and soften glad to escape behind a sign which reade: “No new lines will be in ireduced.” Behind the Scenes. A musical comedy, with a company of 8 people, is a somewhat complicated sfuir. To the un- sitiated observer tchind the scenes t is an endless panorama of euri pe us and ridieulous ceentrenere, Ae A\ wien visting The (QR Burgomaster,1 \¢ 2 \@ed stood in theriress- FRET) \i] comer ey Nil Stuyvesant while ra, \\ the property mak- §/) ery rr strapped to the & ARO ACS knee of that ven- a 4 frable, Dutchman 8*8pping on Peter's a yw i Eel j Ms wooden leg. 4D ce 1 trice the famous New Yorker was complete, thanks to a clever get-up, hich included an ingenious wax ex- teusion of the nose. When the author cf the play entered the room, Peter Stuyvesant exclaimed, in a tientieth century voice: “Say, about those new lines. What fo 1 do? Am I funny? I need to be ‘nny. One paper to-night says I'm an ‘mposition on the public. Ha, ba; I agree with "em, ‘That's the only criti- cism I've seen that agrees with my own views. An imposition on the public! You're right, my boy—for once!” ‘The assistant manager stuck his head into the room, mumbled something, and was gone, Instantly the actor forgot his banter and descended the stairs quick- ly, to await his cue. In every dressing room the call is given in this manner, and everyone, of course, is expected to be in his place when the curtain rises. Unless the actors enjoy their parts they do not court repeated encores, Instead, they are inclined to “talk it down," and declare to the stage man ager that it is unfair to expect so much of one set. ‘This is particularly true of the choruses, On the other hand, if the part is one that appeals to them, they not infrequently go to the other extreme, and respond to the encores un- il the stage manager finds it necessary to call a halt. ‘Triats of the Batiet. The rapidity with which the cos tumes change in the musical comedy manen 1S Beeee sary to have sev: eral relays of chorus girls. In ‘The Burgomaster there are four While the firs chorus is upon the stage the “ponies” who sing in the second chorus are waiting behind one of the flies for their cur. **Re member,” Sere ee ee A nah Le eee f ga) sary to have sev oe eral relays of 3 chorus girls. In * J} The Burgomaster R/C EL] there are tour a“ chorus is upon the Di) stage the “ponies \ bY} who sing in the Ja MY waiting behind RTA sly Soe ot ite tice fr - their cur. **Re member.” Net Gicte Practicing calls the assistant the Step, manager, “we ‘on't want solos. Look out for that.” The leader of the chorus watehes close 5 the progress of the play. Suddenly she turns about, claps her hands to get Mr girls into line, and then, when she Trcelves heF cue from the manager, Marts the step with which they sre to fo before the audience. It is more than ely she will fly to the assistant man- ‘eer immediately after the act with ‘Se words: “That man in the other (horus kieked the wrong way! And it ‘St me a laugh (applause)! But the Retager is an astute person, who talks “tle, and the eborus girl forgets the “dent almost before she is through <kigg about it. The next chorus, the Renders of whieh had emerged singiy iL" Pairs from the dressing rooms tir tht Preceeding chorus left, repeat ar berformance in turn. Perhaps the us le the “tough gir!” chorus—it is ‘Wtlceable that some of them are artists jim their line. They leek for all the world as if they had stepped directly from the Bowery. Of course, they are ‘chewing gum. Strangely enough, some of them object very seriously to this part, Before their cue is spoken one Sees a few lightning changes of the hair, gathers from their conversation that “to-night the ghost walks"—or. in other words, that It Is pay night—and the chorus is off, their places being im- mediately Sled by the last chorus, Tn some corner one is sure to see 160 or three new girls practicing the step. It requires about four weeks to learn the step well. ‘The Property Man. ‘The property keeper and property maker for a large theater is certainly an odd) genius, In gem looking over the f—=—1@ FF Ken toon ct me LUA At Oh man who holds ey this position for a i# the Dearborn the- ' aie Chapa. t (\ wal found the follow: Sco ing charged to the Fy Fecal outfit of Peter RD Stuyvesant: "One HR wooden leg. plains, PAM RT) one wooden leg, % pe! covered with F 2 green sprouts.” A | Some of the other The Property Maker ts Piaf ; er ted for the play were: “One gold brick, two valises, rain, two tomtoms.” To the uninitiated this list would sure- ly present a bewildering array. How- ever, in view of the fact that Peter Stuyvesant and his faithful clerk, Doodle Von Kull, were supposed to have fallen into a Rip Van Winkle sleep, to be discovered by workmen in the days of the world’s fair, the two wooden legs are explained when it is remembered that Stuyvesant’s leg sprouts during the long sleep. “Well,” said Stuyvesant, ax he dipped into a barrel for some moss with which to decorate himself ax befitting one who had slept outdoors so long, “here foes for the twentieth century. I suppore,” he continued, pointing to what was supposed to represent the earth thrown up by the workmen, “that that thing isa trench. I think the audience would appreciate it better if we put a sign on it, but here goes,” and he wormed himself cautiously behind it, lay down on a feather bed and was promptly “discovered” by the work- men, As to the “rain” which it is the busi- ness of the property maker to furnisb, it was nothing more nor less than small shot which was to be rolled around on the head of a drum. "You ean eee,” said the property maker, pointing to a stack of wooden blunderbussesand pa- per drums for the use of the chorus girls, “we have everything here, They give me the order and I make it, wheth- er it be a blunderbuss or a peal of thunder.” War Against Notses. * Chicago is a city of real live crusades, Mom, 70 are intoctoudy there ia $0 be ; wae sgalast re- TP) ling “wagons, a ANGE PAL cf noisy peddiers and CHDE! cS) Nommng lawn EF mf | mowers. If the APE winhen ot the va PRM realized Chicago Sa LAPS vill not only be TW PARE the creates ot fh Dy FES twentieth century vio ips cities in point of Ty. LEB, Sct vat ot aig ee of inhabitants, but m the will enjoy the te siataaots ones Oe x Residents Expect manifold blessings ae | al reo result of pure food, pure water, quiet nights and general cleanliness. The Auti-Noixe society has entered upon a Nigorous campaign. Dr. Arthur R ‘Reynolds is, we are told, on the trail of all the ice wagons, ‘ete. having loone washers, as well as other pro- ducers of tabooed noises. ‘This is a laudable work, and Chicago sleepere will doubtless rise up and call bim blessed. We reserve the right, how ever, to shrug our shoulders at the In- formation that street musicians will not be allowed to grind out their usual quota of evening tunes, that street peddlers will be silenced and that bois- terous children will be suppressed. Though we congratulate Dr. Reynolds upon the scope of this plan, the scheme ix not new. Action against peddlers and street musicians hus failed hither- to on the ground that it is class legis: lation, The truth of the matter is that Chicagoans would almost as soon mins their dinners as their regular evening street concert. Chicago fam- ities. as a rule, spend the summer even ings upon the front steps, and one can scarcely walk down # residence street without coming upon a street plano and a typieal group of Italians. ‘The residents expect their music and com tribute their nickels and pennies with cheerfulness and regularity. MILTON B. MARKS. k ‘anes Weaecs time iia “EM commit you, sir,” said the judge to a noisy fellow in court. “You area sulenee “You dare not, your honor,” replied the obstreperous individual. “Do you mean to defy me?” asked ‘the judge. “Not at all, your honor,” calmly re- plied the other; “but you say Tam a nuisance—and you must know that it is unlawful to commit a nulsanee."— Chicago Daily News. Didn't Know Himeeit. “My dear,” raid a wife who bad been married three years, as she beamed across the table on her lord and mas- ter, “tell me what first attracted you to me. What pleasant characteristic @id I possess which placed me above other women in your sight?” And her lord apd master simply re- plied: “I give it up."—Tit-Bits. Ansious te Keep Cool. ~ “Have you decided where you will go for your vacation?” a “No; not yet. I'm trying to find out where the Boston girls are most uo ‘merous.”"—Chicago Pest yy Gowns for Outdoer Sports at Fashionable Newport Society Takes Kindly to Golf, Tennis, Croquet, Boating and Bathing OCIETY belles at Newport this Greer are going in for all sorte of outdoor sports even more if any- thing than in previous years. They play golf, and tennis and croquet; they go bouting and bathing, and last but uot least are the pleasures of the auto: mobile. Last year golf was by far the leader in the outdoor sports at Newport This year golf must take almost the last place on the list of fashionable Pastimes, though it still hax its dev- otees among the fair sex with millions to spend as they see fit, It does not take long to find a reason for this. So- ciety seldom patronizes the amuse- ments that are enjoyed by the common classes, and goif has become entirely too common to be popular with society leaders, and they have dropped it as they did wheeling some two or three years ago. “Tennis, on the other hand, has taken fon a new lease of life as a society pastime, and where last year the ‘courts were practically deserted they are this year well patronized. A still stranger thing than the resurrection of ‘tennis, however, is the revival of ero- quet, which has jumped to a promi- nent’ place, and to-day one finds ero- quet gowns just as one finds gowns designed for golf, tennis, riding, bath- ing or boating. | But of all the forms of amusement for society at Newport this year none are more popular than the automobile, and it will probably remain in favor se long as the price of them remains out of the reach of us common people, for that is just to society’s liking. | Yachting and bathing always have, and probably always will be popular | forms of amusement, and for both of g oD nh A \ ees SN : pl SE \, SEAR > these many elaborate garments are repared, the price of some of the bath- Ing costumes one sees here running a high as the ordinary well-to-do woman would care to spend for one of her best gowns, It is now or never for the wash dress, and oh, what deceitfulness of this so- called simple wash dress, when we would think them modest and unas- suming, but in reality they are very much the reverse, Ax we all know what the cheap muslin frock ix, and do Not crave to possens it, 80 we choowe the more expensive materials, such as linen, pique and viyella cloth that is unshrinkable and fast colors. This Viyella cloth is maz> up im plain or much trimmed gowns, using glace silk in stitched bands on the smartest of them. For cloths that are worn for outdoor sports there are tweeds, kerges and the reversible plaids, ‘The shadesare gray. light tan, vici red and dull tones of VA Gs A Lp. ‘ tr Ay) | CHANG 3 Lt i 4 \\ ae a%,, Dee ot i Nees, ot (| iff! aay i Bhi WW, NN) . mauve, green and blue. These are ma- chine stitebed or trimmed with white braid. A charming gown that I saw on one of the croquet fickln a few days ago ‘was of linen trimmed with coarse linen lace. ‘The skirt was guthered in the ‘back and had two flounees around the bottom, rach heeded with wide linene lace. The bodice was © blouse made With a high stock, and tucked pointed yoke of white muslim. It had a sailor effect collar and a short bolero of linen ‘trimmed with the coarse lace. A rather full sieeve in 6 narrow band, | A pretty tennis costume wax com- | posed of & smart and exclusive skirt and a zouave jacket made of viyella cloth in a beautiful shade of green ‘The zouave jacket had a strapped piree of green glace silk stitehed with white around the turm-over collar, ane rowel ed revers. Algo at the bottom of the sleeves, and the same was around the bottom of the skirt. ‘To go from tennis to voehting, (here -was a very chic gown seen aboard one of the Vanderbilt yaehts ast week, I was made of viyella eloth in a pretty shade of blue. ‘The skirt was in tucks Bee ) Ny) \| * AI \\s about four inches apart, and a pane! front, ‘The tucks were loose within a foot of the bottom. giving a flare, Glace silk of blue, stitched with white, wan around the bottom, The bedice was made tight-tltting im the back, with a slightly full front. A large sailor col lar with revers to the waist line, edged with the glace silk. Tehwd a high stock and pointed: vert of white Toda linew In # fashionable automobile 1 say one of the daintient of cotton dresses in a flowered aud striped vevign, the col ore being white and mauve. ‘The shirt wax trimmed with a bordering band of white embroidered muslin inclosed within Tines of black velvet ribbon: The bovlice housted a lovely collar t match, and fastened down the front in a erics of velvet-edged points, and! wee velvet bows and atee! buckles. The ‘cuffa had thelr finishing: touch of em Droidery and velvet to mateh the littl chemisette, ‘There are any number of novelties Jin bathing costumes displayed along ‘the beach where society suns itrelt ‘these warm days. There is. perhaps more originality displayed in the bath ing costumes than Ih any of the other costumes, and some of thea are charm ing. One of these in blue werge war por ticularly charming. It was made with f plnited skirt all around, and! five rows of white braid around the bottom, ‘Th blouse hada targe sailor collar {rinsed with the braid. ‘The elbow sleeves were trimmed ia the sume way. BS le SOUNDS THE DEATH TATTOO. Spectral Drummer Who fe Constant Ty om Watch at Cortachy ea ‘There was no death tattoo beaten at Cortachy castle when the late earl 0} Airlie passed away, aud the favt ix re membered ax the uly Instance in the history of the family upon which the spectfal drummer omitied that cere mony, ‘The story of hin unremitting attentions to the membere of this household is a weird one, In bygone days there wax a drummer whe drummed for the “Honny Monge of Airly.” The wreteher! player offendev the earl of thone duys and was tied up in his own drum and flung from a high tower. After vainly pleading for his life the poor little drummer threatened that his ghost should haunt the family forever and ever, say a for eign exchange. Legend has it that peneration after generation the dead drummer hax sounded the last post for earl and countess of Allie, and the roll of his drum Bas through the long centuries blanched the faces of many inmates of Cortachy castle, In 1845 & visitor at Cortachy was Gressing for dinner. A tattoo was beaten beneath her window. ‘The lady listened in surprise, for as far ae she knew there were no bundsmen at the castle. Going down to dinner she suid to her hont: “Who is it that plays the drum so skillfully outside the castle?” The earl turned pale and shivered. The countess could not hide her fear ‘The face of every Olgiley at the table war deadly white, Within @ week the ‘countess lay in her shroud. "The drum. mer was the specter of Cortachy eaxtle. When the father of the earl of Airlie who fell in South Africa died it ix said that the drummer did not sound his drum, It may be tror. Perhaps be bax not beaten St on thir occasion. But the countryside will not bedenied their ghont oud tt tong "be GREY ae okedh soon hear that the speetral rum was heard at Cortachy the day before the gallant eavalryman fell in South latetan: Once Removed. “Are you a son of the Amertean revolution 7” “Mop Fm a son-in-law.” ‘Hews pete” “0, one'bf the Danghters of the American Kevolution «* coped down on me and tasried we."—Indbanapolis Joursal NEW YORK in the ARENA of NATIONAL POLITICS | An interesting figure in the New York delegation at Kansas City wus a “Big dahn Keller, 1 | gy entenmen fg | 1] ty new man in na: x\' tional polities, ’ el] | tiie ts Likely 40 be | Ne WA heard of in. tu HESS QAM 1] ture. Po be put | INT || tormned: oun vice ATL eenaea arrose ) bility on Nis first trip as a delegate was something of “V Don't See the thought of pee | "Ben See whe Thought af get ae ree ©) - tion. What Big John is im training for Is the office of mayor of New York, With Its 4,000,000 souls, Incidentally he might be nominated for governor instead, 401 will suit the plans better Keller is 42 years old: nix feet three Inches tally Weighs £50 pounds; ts A widower; fe handsome; is a tine kpeaker; Was raised in’ Kentucky; was edueated in Yale, where he pulled in a boat crew that was lambasted by Harvard the worst on record. Keller went to New York and tried reporting. One of his difficulties was an appetite befitting his frame, “1 used to go to Smiths restaurant for pork anc: beans,” he onee told me. “Smith and Rrown both charged ten cents a plate, but Smith gave a few more beans to the piateful than Brown.” Of course Keller plays poker, Once he got $150 for writing a handbook on the game. Going home with the money In his pocket, he fell in with some fel lows, and “sat into” a game, Hefore dawn he had lost the $140. Ihave told this aneedote before, but ax Keller ik now a national character, it will bear repeating. If not, here's a new story: As president of the New York Press club, Mr. Keller had to listen to the appeals of inmpecunious journalists from other towns: or men who wisher to be considered journalists. ‘Thong one of the most charitable of men, he refused to be imposed upon. “No: can't do anything for you!" | once heard him say toa beery-looking applicant, “Hut, Mr. Keller,” said the man, * must live somehow." Rig John looked the man over erit feally and slowly shook bis head. “L don't see the necessity,” he said, oc, ie & fee sa ay any other name One ef the Neede of than “Seltzer.” Tammany. fick; Keller is yoo Salis” tk fenrli Keller ts . Molla, Below? to of 4s tervosmeas; Bel fee ie Waele) ae Bo pellned par q ay whl toe ae ess eee oe Git spoken of iy. nest nans any other name One ef the Neede of than “Seltzer.” Vemmany. The oame Ate he bubbling fellow 1c admirably, For that matter, the re ublican, party. will ever name fer Iie same oftce Mr, Woodruf!, of whotn {tts no. natural to opeal of on “Ting Tim.” Yet both Sulzer and Woodruff tre able men In thelt way Tammany. leadere—Teeed, Kelly crokerehaye bern leat tral 10 are the aublesdera Carroll, Freedman, Delaour Van Wyek ts almost dumb Temmasy hes alwaye needed orators tirady ee the fret in recent days he of the “aileer tongue.” He Wurl Mimeeit for petty purposes by 100 fe Isnd, whom Tammany had to accept tis candidate. Bourke Cocktaa Was quarreled ‘with Croker. ‘Keller 18 bls Mercisers He hen born tralstag bles Giiesd aed Hood rere are oh tea Tree RL’ | wagactic wan, He ee eae e he can eajole s oe great leader some — methotle. inated for lieutenant goveroer with Grover Clevelaut at the head of the ticket, Cleveland's promotion to the presidency made Hill governor, He was one of the strongest the state has ever had. His enemies eniled him “peanut politician,” but they bad te admit bix ability: he haw outlived the nickname. He weloum stays long In New York ie ves nenr Albans, in “Wolfert’s Koost,” @ fine house Wuilt by Emmett, the singer and actor, famous for his Dutch lullabies. Emmett went off by drink: his howe was sold Hill has no sina vies; he doesn’t rink, smoke, ameur, He be alwayn dig: Bified, He is not dévtinguished in ap- pearance. Though a fine-looking man, he Woks like goal many other Sine- looking bald men, Keanevelt, Reed or Croker are much easier to identity in a ero. ‘There's nothing new in Tammany’s opponition to Hill. He ix the leader af the old-fashioned democrat up the state, whom Tammany bes usually hated. Tammany was opposed to Tik den; it was opposed to Robinson; it was opposed to Cleveland. In former years these have generally been demo- cratic opganizations in New York city like the Irving Hatl, or the State Des mmocruey—to Work with the county leaders. Now there ix no local oppo- sition, and the Tammany: tail cowes near wagging the dog The men who bare oppored ‘Tam- many—Abram 8. Hewitt, Raward Cooper, Smith Bly, William R, Grace their nates ate known the country over, But they are all elther dead or very old, and Tammany has it all its own way in the city, And Jtis weipher At ational conventions becaune it Won't pall with the country democrats Who ure usuuliy much better polith clans, Potties tn Sectety, And— talking of eampaigtiv= Mra, George Gould hax gone to New ss 4 port. "She is there SSF FIRS ior a tow says \ only, I isan ex NT @ [i [pertivents on ex \\ {| periwent sure to [TRESS | J succeet, tor ste t [44 the guieat of Mra. ih VP anil] Sti tenant Fish Me ct ME Mrs. Gould ie maken no false moves: she lenven Uy S nothing tochanee, SM She never lores her TEP Nee J ewe tike Croker: Oe Oe Peet See ee for a few days only, It is an ex: periments an ex: periment. sure te succeed, for she ls the guest of Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Mra. Gould maken no fale moves: she leaves nothing tochance She never loses her head, like Croker, never flips hack ‘ward to the race. And Bociety Must @e a t Sire: | Sete Wee ago, society was not ready to receive the Goulds, Edith Kingdon, ex-aotress waited, Presently she felt that she “must have @ princely home, where she might make the first steps toward ree cognition, She chose Lakewood. ‘The -ncost of about a million dollars, This will now be abandoned: or, rather, o6- castonally axed us a winter residence Tt was not a waste: It has served its pur pore, Georgian court, it ie called, It | wax the famous theatricals there last Winter that pluced Mrs, Gould seenrely upon a society footing. Soviety must tie amused: society wants to be “in” everything that is going on, Mes | Gould amused xociety, You kee the re | autt, | Don't suppose that the wouldn't have deen free to build a palace at Newport |at any tne she wished to epend the money. ‘There te land enough for sale Hut there are people, rich people, whe have gone to Newport before Newport Was ready to receive them, who have built or bought flne houses, and set tled down to a life ax lonely as can be Imagined. ‘They see mo one, know ne one. ‘Or put it another way: There are more dollars invested in Newport cot “ages than the entire value of the elty of 2,060 konle= probably twice ax much money, though the assessors are gen erous fo the eottagers. Hut how many of these are really “in It?" Perbaps hundred families, in varying degrees. ‘See Ghaebtie ie’ Meniee:. Every summer the British embassy moves to Newport. It would pretty nearly kill « man used to the cl: mate of Great Britain to stay in Washington all] CX 4 suminer. Heniden, A there Is nothing particularly to do there, winter oF summerthateonld hy not bedone ax well by mail or tele Ch, graph, Dieguire i the fact ax one will, the main du tier of a diplomat 9st @ Little Diplo are ta make him- matic Duty. ‘seit agreeable, ‘Thin the British are doing thin year ax never betore, There are eight young attaches of the egation in Newport, They are all handsome fellows, of good fam- ilies, active in sports, clever riders, polo players, yachtamen, ‘They are the life of the place. Even in Newport there is considerable seareity of young men ‘from Monday until Friday of eoeh week, and the presence of elght handsome chaps of guaranteed social sanding would be weleome, even if they were not of the mont fashionable nationality. But, being English, they carry ail before them, ‘hey are expected to make Ameri: can marriages. ‘The places are eager: ly sought for younger sone tor that reason, So many English diplomats have wedded Amerien wives, and the chance of doing thin iss much grenter now than ever before, that there ix just © suspicion that eight Ia a greater number of attaches than the legation actually needs for international busi: 1 wouldn't wonder if some of these men get rather small ealaries, though of course the ambussador himeelt and his fret seeretury nee remurkubly weil paid, OWEN LANGDON, a “Now, children,” said the teacher, [owe wll know that Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of aulf, but suppose Lot had glanced back? Can we surmine | hin fate?” | “Yee, sna'em,” spoke up the bright boy, “he would have been turned into pepper.” —Chiengo Daily News he Mad Lost Nome, Arcum—That little boy of yours seems to be nervous, Does he inherit it from you? Henpeck 1 guess #0, We certainly “didn't get it from his mother, for the’ got more nerve than ever.—Indinnapo- lin Journal. Rainbow Gala. He—Yeo, but women are to elusive, Bhe—Hut, then, the glory of the wineing! He-Vardon me, 1 mean: no matter whom you marry, you find next day that you have married somebody else. —Brovkiyn Lite, A Viorel Makepeace, ‘That wae» funny thing for Smithett to give bis wife on her birth- day —a parschute of flowers!” “That was s0 she would let him down eany when he comes home from the ciub.”~Chicego Tises-Blerelé. ° Like the Under-Current / SSS Se ae — ONY & 1 AR \ <a | £ : ep SS Se which grasps one without warming, the mucous membrane which lines | the entire body suddenly becomes | weakened in some spot and disease is established. 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Soon shall my fleeting lay Fade from the world away— Thine, ever-during, shall thrill through the Soft through the summer float Far o'er the fields where the wild grasses wave. Then, when my day is done, Oh, at the set of sun, Pour out thy spirit anear to my grave! -Lloyd Mifflin, in N. Y. Independent. Sol Tomlinson's Falconry By Edwin J. Webster. "COL TOMLINSON says it was a SOL TOMLINSON says it was a Sunday school book that caused him to be nursing an injured spirit and mourning the loss of the finest collection of fancy breeds of chickens ever seen in Pike county." observed Deacon Todgers to the crowd at the corner grocery. "But I tell him it was his own foolishness in trying middle age notions in this closing year of the nineteenth century, and also in trusting too far to the loving kindness and forgiving nature of hawks. "One Sunday afternoon Sol went out to the woodshed and found his boy Tom reading a book he had drawn from the Sunday school library. Sol cracked the boy over the head for reading novels on Sunday, gave him some chores to do, and then sat down to read the book himself. It was all about knights and how they rode about the country fighting for the color of their ladies' eyebrows and how they went hawking and all such foolishness. But it seemed to impress Sol mightily. "And are you, with your blue jeans and bald pate and white whiskers, going to ride around Pike county on a "prancing palfrey," and fight for the honor of your lady, also?" I asked him. "Or what particular kind of foolishness has that book inspired you to?" "Sol looked hurt. "Fudge, deacon,' he said to me. 'I'm a respectable married man without any "lady loves," as you call them, and my rheumatism wouldn't allow me to ride "prancing palefreys" any way. The plan I am thinking of is a practical one, and one that will bring money to a worthy old man without his working for it. Dill you read what that book said about falconry, and how all those old coves used to catch heron and ducks and other kinds of birds by the use of falcones? Well, that's what I'm going to do, he says, earnestly. "But you haven't any falcones,' I objected "Tush, deacon.' Sol retorted, sort of impatient. Of course, I sinn't got any falcones. But what's a falcon except a hawk, anyway, and it will be easy enough for me to get a few young hawks and train them to catch ducks and other birds which sell well, but are a good deal of trouble for a tired old man to shoot." "Well, the first thing Sol did was to get his boys to work gathering in young hawks. That was considerable of a contract for the boys, as neither the young hawks nor the old birds took kindly to having their nests robbed, but the boys gathered in about a dozen young birds. "Sol had a lot of chickens of his own, and every time he killed one he would feed the young hawks a bit of liver. Then he would buy up the livers whenever any of the neighbors killed chickens, and feed them to the hawks. 06 course he fed the hawks other things, but pretty soon those birds had as well developed a taste for liver as some men have for 'paty de foy gran,' or whatever it is called. "Then Sol began the second part of the training. He would put a dead duck on the ground, and carry one of his hawks over to it, go off a ways, and sort of indicate to the bird that he wanted the dead duck brought to him. Hawks are pretty intelligent birds, and it wasn't long before they appreciated the fact that every time one of them brought Sol a duck there was a big piece of liver coming. "By the time the duck season opened all but six of Sol's hawks had died, but he certainly did have that half dozen trained down to a fine point. Their appetite for liver had gotten to be like that of a man's for drink, and they understood that ducks and only ducks were what Sol wanted, so they never interfered with his chickens. By and by the ducks began flying south. Then Sol started out to gather in his harvest. "For months," he said to me 'these hawks of mine have enjoyed fatherly care and lived on the fat of the land and the livers of several hundred chickens. Now is the time for them to repay my devotion. And, by gum, they will do it or get in trouble." "That afternoon Sol got a couple of long sticks, and carrying them over his shoulders with three hawks perched on them, started after ducks. Pretty soon along came a flock of ducks, flying pretty low. Sol untied his hawks and pointed at the ducks. It wasn't half a minute before those trained hawks understood what was wanted of them, and off they went at full tilt after the ducks. Each hawk grabbed a duck, started back with it toward Sol and dropped it at his feet. Then came the first of Sol's actions. which turned aside the hearts of his faithful duck hunter. When the hawks delivered up their ducks to Sol they began to look for some liver as a reward. But Sol didn't see it that way. "Those ducks are still in sight," he says to the hawks, as if they could understand him. 'And duty calls on you to go after them. Now is your chance to repay a little of my care and affection. This is no time to be looking for liver.' "Sol kept pointing at the rapidly disappearing flock of ducks, and as his hawks didn't seem to understand what he meant, he grabbed a stick and began pounding them with it. It was plain that the hawks were grieved and mystified, rather than angry. They had each of them brought in a duck, why didn't they get their liver? And why did Sol, the man who had fed them and whom they had looked up to and venerated, beat them with a stick? "Finally they gave it up as a bad job trying to figure out what it all meant, and seeing that Sol wanted more ducks, off the hawks started, but acting in a patient, puzzled sort of way that was really pathetic. "Those birds of yours are faithful and well trained," I observed to Sol, "but loving kindness isn't the strongest quality of any hawk, even an educated one. If you beat them about once more they will try to get even with you. And from what I know of hawks, I'm betting they will succeed." "But Sol only grunted out that it was ducks and not tokens of esteem that he wanted from those hawks. "After quite a wait we saw the hawks coming back. They had had a long chase after the ducks and were pretty weary when they reached us, but each faithful hawk was' bringing back a duck, and laid it in front of Sol. Then every bird looked up in an expectant sort of way as if he now felt certain of getting his liver. And it was here that the real meanness of Sol's nature showed up. "Sol was just going to reward his hard-working birds, when away off to the north another flock of ducks showed up. Then Sol wanted to start his hawks right after the new flock. "Don't you do it, I" warned him. "These faithful birds of yours are pretty nearly worn out, and if you don't" OUT FOR DUCKS. give the liver they expect they will lose faith in human nature. A trained hawk who has lost faith in human nature is an ugly animal. I said, solently. "But Sol was set on starting his hawks after this particular flock of ducks. The patient birds, instead of going just loitered around, waiting for their reward. Then Sol grabbed his stick and began pounding them worse than before. For about a minute the birds stood it, then it seemed to come over them all at once that they were being beaten and cheated after they had done their duty. Each bird gave a sort of queer little cry, in which there was more disappointment at the way Sol had treated them than anger, and then rose in the air and turned, not in the direction of the ducks, but toward Sol's barnyard. "It's fancy chickens and revenge your birds are looking for," I warned Sol. "Sol looked at the hawks and then began running home as fast as his legs would carry him. But it was too late. The six hawks swooped down among Sol's chickens, and by the time Sol arrived on the scene all that was left of the best collection of fancy breed of chickens ever seen in Pike county was a mass of feathers and dead fowls. "What heartless ingratitude, says Sol, almost crying. 'I fed and trained and cared for those birds, and then they turn and read me, or rather my innocent and best breeds of fancy chickens.' "But I did not give him any comfort. 'It was all your own fault, Sol Tomlinson,' I told him. "If you had treated those hawks halfway decently they would have cheered your declining years and gathered in ducks by the bushel." "—Boston Globe. Half-Deaf James Payn says, in "The Backwater of Life," that as soon as he became deaf, his friends tried to hearten him by collecting anecdotes of those who have made humorous mistakes through suffering a like infirmity. The efficacy of that method may be doubted, but such as it is, many have had to endure it. One story is indeed to be tolerated, because it refers to a gentleman who, although deaf, was not so much so as he pretended to be. A friend came to him one day and shouted: "Will you lend me half a sovereign?" "What?" "Will you lend me half a sovereign? was the still louder petition. "What was that?" "Will you lend me a sovereign?" "You said half a sovereign before!"— "Youth's Companion." Old Signs on Staten Island A bicyclist who has been making runs in the neighborhood of New York reports that he found the most unanimous and impartial slaughter of English in a sign posted on a Staten Island windmill. It reads: DIS VIND MILL FER SAIL At a rude wash of the Staten Island sound this greeted his eyes: BOATS TO HIER Another sign showed this legend: WE LIVE TO DYE and DYE TO LIVE. Can Buy Another Name Can Buy Another Name. A Kansas man named K. Gaza Dome has fallen heir to a $3,000,000 estate. He can surely now afford to hire a cheap lawyer, says the Denver Post, and have the name legally exchanged for one that will look better on aristocratic pink-blue embossed letter paper. A LITTLE NONSENSE. Teacher (suspiciously)—"Who wrote your composition, Johnny?" Johnny—"My father." "What, all of it?" "No'm; I helped him."—Truth. "We intend to hold a lawn fete," said Miss Beechwood to Miss Bellefield. "What kind of a lawn fete?" asked the latter. "A rainless one, we hope."—Pittsburgh Telegraph. Rose—"I would never marry a man without principle." Lily—"Nor L. And I should want his principal to be big enough to allow us to live well on the interest, too."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Billings—"You are the last man to play the races. What do you know about horse-flesh, anyway?" Stillson—"I ought to know a good deal about it. I was in the army and lived on salt horse for months at a time."—Boston Transcript. Early Ambition—“O, mah goodness!” exclaimed little Abe Lincoln Snow. “I wist I wuz laik de little boy in di hayr story book.” “Whuffer?” asked his mother. “Kase hit sez he went to bed wif d翼 chickens.”—Philadelphia Press. The Astronomer—“The presence of an inner planet is suspected from certain perturbations of the planet Mercury.” The Other—“But of course these might be due to the people of Mercury being engaged in learning to play golf.”—Detroit Journal. Indelibly Impressed—Brown—“Current items seem to make a lasting imprint on your memory.” Jones—“Well, my wife reads the news out to me before I get the paper; and often my daughter reads it out to me after I've read it.”—Indianapolis Journal. Getting His Properties.—"Gimme a pair of long, yellow chin-whiskers," said the man with the sun-burned face and slightly rural air. "Detective, eh?" asked the costumer. "Naw. Summer boarders are coming next week, and I've got to git on a make-up for my part."—IndianaPress. "OLD CHAW" IN MISSOURI How the Settlers of Saline County Made the Real Old "Home-spun Terbaker." An old Missouriian from one of the brush districts of Saline county was a witness in the circuit court in Marshall recently. The Index says: While waiting in an anteroom he pulled from his pocket a chunk of tobacco six inches long, two inches in diameter and perfectly round and smooth, and as hard almost as flint. After he had cut off a chew a man who had watched him asked him what it was. "Terbaker," he answered. "Yes. I know, but what kind is it? " "My own kind." "Where do you buy it? " "Don't buy it. It's homepun terbaker. I made it myself." In response to a good deal of questioning the old man told his story how the roll of tobacco was made. "Fust and fo'most," he said, "you must have good upland home-grown leaf terbaker and cure it in the sun. Then you stem it, takin' out all the stalks. When you're ready in the fall to make up you you're supply of chawin' terbake, you saw off a hickory log and bore a hole in one end about a foot deep with a two-inch auger. You have your leaf soaked in honey and peach brand, or if you haven't any peach brand, apple brand will do. You put your soaked terbake leaves into the two-inch auger hole in the hickory log and ram it down tight an' keep puttin' in the leaf and rammin' it down till the hole is nearly full. Then you take a hickory plug made to fit the hole and drive it in as tight as you can with a maul. This mashes the terbake into a solid chunk. Then you put the green hickory log on the fire and let it burn slow till it is heated all through and the sap begins to sizzle out of the ends. You take the log off then and put it out of doors to cool over night. The next morning you split the log open and there's your chunk of chawin' terbaker that will keep as hard as leather in any climate, but it's the sweetest chaw in the world. There never was no store terbaker to hold a candle to it for a sweet, juicy, lastin' chaw." Several tobacco chewers standing around sampled the old man's homemade plug and declared that it was the best they had ever tasted. "In the old days that's the way the fust settlers in Missouri made their chawin' terbaker," the old man said. JAPANESE WEDDING STAMPS. They Commemorate the Recent Marriage of the Prince Imperial. Japan has recently issued a new series of postage stamps that will be of great interest to philatelists. They commemorate the recent marriage of the prince imperial. In the oval frame is pictured a low table spread with paper, the place where all Japanese marriages are solemnized. The table is decorated with bamboo stalks and plum twigs and blossoms, and at each corner rises a spray of pines. The pine and the bamboo, being evergreens, represent that in which there is neither variability nor shadow of turning; the pum, on the other hand, stands for that which buds, blossoms and fruits for the good of man. The decorations of the paper table cover are the crane and the tortoise; of these the bird is symbolic of 1,000 years and the turtle of 10,000 years. Here sit the bride and the bridegroom and pass each other cups of saki to the number of nine and so they are married, for the nine drinks together symbolize the perfect Japanese marriage. This in Japan is the emblem of wedlock and for that reason it has been reproduced in the commemorative stamp issue on the wedding of the crown prince. At just such a table sat he his and his bride, and the stalks of hamboo and sprays of pine and the blooms of the plum all joined in wishing them both all health, wealth and happiness without changing, and the crane and the turtle fixed a sort of generous time limit to all the good wishes by suggesting that it might possibly come to an end 5,000 or 19,000 years hence. This is the way the Japanese set forth the meaning of the picture on the new stamp and for confirmation they point to the legend, which they stoutly aver is a statement of the name o. the prince and the princess and the date when they slipped the nine cups of sake. A RESCUE AT SEA. Berilious Situation Relieved by the Timely Utterances of Spell-Binder. "Help! Help!" In a panic the passengers rushed to the side of the ship, and gazed helplessly at those struggling in the waves, says Harper's Bazar. It was indeed a perilous situation. What was to be done? There seemed to be no rope at hand, and there was trouble in lowering the lifeboat, and, as usually the case, none of the sailors could swim. A lawyer suggested a writ of habeas corpus, and there was not a judge on board, and no one to serve such a writ, anyway. At that instant a man of commanding presence pushed into the frenzened crowd and struck an attitude, close to the rail. Drowning ones recognized him as a famous political orator, and their spirits rose: "Fellow citizens," he began, "we face a crisis. The next moment a joy of joy went up. For the people in the water were hanging on his words, in the way they conjoined themselves." (WEST COUNTY) O--I--C When a preparation has an advertised reputation that is world-wide, it means that preparation is meritorious. If you go into a store to buy an article that has achieved universal popularity like Cascareta Candy or Cascareta Candy Cream, the endorsement of the world. The judgement of the people is infallible because it is impersonal. The retailer who wants to sell you "something else" in place of the article you ask for has ask to a grind. Don't it stand to reason? It doesn't matter if not what he represents it to be. Why? Because he expects to derive an extra profit out of your creditability. Don't you see through his little game? The man who will ask for a credit is a fraud. Barew of him! He is trying to steal the honestly earned benefits of a reputation which another business man has paid for, and if his conscience will allow him to go so far, he will go farther. He cheats, he steals, he is not safe to do well with business. Barew of the Cascareta substitutitor Remember Cascareta are never sold in bulk but in metal boxes with the long tailed every box and each tablet stamped C, C, C. Housewife and Burglar. The burglar had entered the house as quietly as possible, but his shoes were not padded and they made some noise. He had just reached the door of the bedroom when he heard some one moving in the bed as if about to get up, and he paused. The sound of his footsteps echoed. "If you don't take off your boots when you come into this house," it said, "there's going to be trouble, and a whole lot of it. Here it's been raining for three hours, and you dare to tramp over my carpets with your muddy shoes." He went downstairs without a word, but he didn't take off his boots. Instead he went out into the night again, and the "pal" who was waiting for him saw a tear glisten in his eye. "I can't rob that house," he said. "I'm home of me."—Lewiston (Mc.) Journal. Homekeepers' Excursions Yla Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad. On the first and third Tuesdays of June, July and August the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad will place on sale Homekeepers' Excursion tickets to various points in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. One Fare (plus $2.00) for the Round Trip. Tickets are limited on going trip fifteen days from date of sale with stop-over times. The seekers Territory. Returning tickets are limited twenty-one days from date of sale. Remember that we now have in service a new wide vestibilised train between Chicago and Cleveland. Chicago daily at 1:50 P. M. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars and Free Recching Chair Cars. For further particulars call on or address any agent Chicago & Eastern Illinois or C. L. Stone, G. P. and T. A. Chicago. He Wouldn't Tell. The argument by analogy or hypothetical case is often dangerous. A very stately and dignified clergyman used to tell a story illustrative of the risk of this method. One of the most common ways to drink and one night the viser met him coming home in such a condition that he remonstrated with him on the spot, and by way of clinching his argument, asked: “What is the reason you are meeling down the street in a state of hopeless intoxication?” The offender appeared to be deeply impressed and an aweed, fervently: “I wouldn’t tell a soul, str.”—San Francisco Argonaut. The preparations of the J. and C. Maguire Medicine Company of St. Louis, Mo., are beyond all question. This firm has succeeded in furnishing the medicine in 1889 and have steadily grown in favor with the public, not having one failure to report in 90 years! Their Bene Plant, Cundurang, etc., have become a household word. They have been free, and if you ever get Diarrhea, Dysentery or Cholera-Morbus, give the Bene Plant a trial, and you will be convinced. Every article made by the Maguire Medicine Company is guaranteed to do what is claimed These Loving Girls Maude- If I only had my life to live over again- Clara (interrupting)-Why, I thought that what's your you were doing. What do you want? "I heard you tell the census man you would be 22 your next birthday."-Chicago Evening News. Do Your Foot Ache and Burn! Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy, Cures Corns, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and Swelling Feel. Druggets and Shoe Problems. Easily, Sample w/ FEER. Address, Allen S. Glimsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Love does not usually laugh at a parrot who doesn't want you to laugh" although to our mind this is much funnier than the average locksmith.-Detroit Journal ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Bruce Good See Foam-Simple Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as regular. CARTER'S LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. 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